Sasaki Foundation Publishes 2022 Design Grants Research

December 15, 2023

Check out our newly released 2022-2023 Design Grants Research Report to learn more about our fourth cohort’s work, offering innovative solutions to address food resilience, access to childcare, environmental justice, community infrastructure, and gentrification, with an ongoing impact in Greater Boston and beyond.

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Sasaki Foundation Announces 2023 Design Grants Winners

June 21, 2023

The Sasaki Foundation announced today the winning teams for its 2023 Sasaki Foundation Design Grants. The Design Grants are an annual competition to showcase projects that support and drive interdisciplinary innovation and empower our local communities.

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Sasaki Foundation Announces 2023 Design Grants Finalists

May 18, 2023

The Sasaki Foundation announced today the finalists for its fifth annual Sasaki Foundation Design Grants program. These eight teams will pitch to a panel of judges on Thursday, June 1, 5:30-7:30 p.m. at 110 Chauncy, the Sasaki Foundation’s new home in downtown Boston. The Design Grants are an annual competition to showcase projects that support and drive interdisciplinary innovation and empower our local communities.

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Sasaki Foundation Launches 2023 Call for Proposals

February 20, 2023

Today, the Sasaki Foundation announces our 2023 Design Grants call for proposals. The Design Grants are an annual program seeking interdisciplinary, creative approaches to test new design concepts in communities in Greater Boston, the Gateway Cities, and Metro West. Since 2018, the Sasaki Foundation has received 72 applications representing more than 85 communities, and has awarded $218,500 through the program. Read more about our most recent grant winners here.

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Meet Groundwork Somerville’s New Urban Farm

January 11, 2023

We recently connected with Emily Reckard-Mota and Juliana Soltys from 2022 Sasaki Foundation Design Grants project Groundwork Somerville’s New Urban Farm. Groundwork Somerville is designing their new farm, office, and marketspace to provide a unique gathering space for the community to engage with the local food system, grow culturally relevant crops, and empower youth to become environmental leaders.

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On Thursday, November 14, 2024, the Sasaki Foundation hosted our second annual Celebration of Design at 110 Chauncy in Downtown Boston. The event saw 100+ attendees and raised $28,000+ to support our mission of equity in design. Thanks to your generosity, we funded a Design Grant, 6 Design Grants finalist honorariums, a public event, 14 DESI youth interns for a semester, and 26 SEED students for a week.
Thank you to our 2024 Celebration of Design event sponsors, BR+A Consulting Engineers, Naveo Credit Union, and Suffolk Construction.
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Our theme, Hideo 2024: Go for the Gold, celebrated Hideo Sasaki’s career, the Sasaki Foundation’s work, and the design community. We highlighted the Olympic connections we uncovered: Sasaki, the firm Hideo founded, has worked on four different Olympics: Lake Placid in 1980, Los Angeles in 1984, Atlanta in 1996, and Beijing in 2008. And did you know architecture was once an Olympic competition? We also recognized the diversity in Boston's design community with 20+ countries represented at the event.
The Sasaki Foundation's work was also front and center. Since kicking off our own programming in 2018, we have pushed forward our mission of equity in design:
 

625+ students introduced to careers in design through our design education programs
$316,000 awarded to community-led projects through the Design Grants
235+ events hosted to connect communities and design professionals
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In addition to learning about Hideo and the Sasaki Foundation, event attendees enjoyed an evening of food, drinks, and fun. In-kind sponsor Baker's Best Catering provided delicious Paris-inspired eats, with local drinks from in-kind sponsors Downeast Cider House, Remnant Brewing, and Samuel Adams.
Guests participated in Olympic-sized competitions and Olympic Village flag pin trading, with trivia challenges and scavenger hunts to earn even more pins inspired by Hideo, Sasaki's historic projects, and the Paris 2024 Olympics. A raffle included fabulous prizes donated by a long list of Greater Boston small businesses.
Thank you to our additional in-kind sponsors Sasaki, EventThem, and Arielly Photography for supporting our event experience.
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At a special medal ceremony, we awarded gold to four of our incredible volunteers:

Melissa Teng: Community-led Design Award for a community partner of the Hideo Sasaki Foundation focused on equity in the design process, engaging young people in design, and amplifying community voices.
Jared Barnett: Excellence in Design Education Award for a design education volunteer with the Hideo Sasaki Foundation who demonstrates a passion for building a more equitable industry and a desire to work with youth.
Hyeji Sheen: Leadership in Design Equity Award for a volunteer with the Hideo Sasaki Foundation who works across all pillars of programming, truly championing our work in the community, with young people, and within the design industry.
James Miner: Hideo Sasaki Leadership Award for a supporter of the Hideo Sasaki Foundation who gives selflessly, truly believes in the power of collaborative design, and has proven to be a champion in our mission to build a more equitable design industry.

Thank you to the Sasaki Fabrication Studio for 3D printing our Hideo 2024 gold medals!
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2024 Celebration of Design award winners Jared Barnett, Hyeji Sheen, and James Miner (not pictured: Melissa Teng)
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A special thanks to the Hideo Sasaki Foundation Board of Trustees, DESI teaching assistants, and design education student alums who volunteered at the Celebration of Design. And thank you to all who made this event a success! We look forward to your continued support throughout the year, and hope you’ll join us again for next year’s third annual Celebration of Design on November 13, 2025. And if you were unable to attend this year, it is not too late to contribute! Donate now through November 30.
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Second Annual Celebration of Design a Success
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Anna Scherling
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On Thursday, November 14, 2024, the Sasaki Foundation hosted our second annual Celebration of Design at 110 Chauncy in Downtown Boston. The event saw 100+ attendees and raised $28,000+ to support our mission of equity in design. Thanks to your generosity, we funded a Design Grant, 6 Design Grants finalist honorariums, a public event, 14 DESI youth interns for a semester, and 26 SEED students for a week.
Thank you to our 2024 Celebration of Design event sponsors, BR+A Consulting Engineers, Naveo Credit Union, and Suffolk Construction.
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Our theme, Hideo 2024: Go for the Gold, celebrated Hideo Sasaki’s career, the Sasaki Foundation’s work, and the design community. We highlighted the Olympic connections we uncovered: Sasaki, the firm Hideo founded, has worked on four different Olympics: Lake Placid in 1980, Los Angeles in 1984, Atlanta in 1996, and Beijing in 2008. And did you know architecture was once an Olympic competition? We also recognized the diversity in Boston's design community with 20+ countries represented at the event.
The Sasaki Foundation's work was also front and center. Since kicking off our own programming in 2018, we have pushed forward our mission of equity in design:
 

625+ students introduced to careers in design through our design education programs
$316,000 awarded to community-led projects through the Design Grants
235+ events hosted to connect communities and design professionals
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Sasaki Foundation Board of Trustees Chair Mary Anne Ocampo welcomes 2024 Celebration of Design attendees
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In addition to learning about Hideo and the Sasaki Foundation, event attendees enjoyed an evening of food, drinks, and fun. In-kind sponsor Baker's Best Catering provided delicious Paris-inspired eats, with local drinks from in-kind sponsors Downeast Cider House, Remnant Brewing, and Samuel Adams.
Guests participated in Olympic-sized competitions and Olympic Village flag pin trading, with trivia challenges and scavenger hunts to earn even more pins inspired by Hideo, Sasaki's historic projects, and the Paris 2024 Olympics. A raffle included fabulous prizes donated by a long list of Greater Boston small businesses.
Thank you to our additional in-kind sponsors Sasaki, EventThem, and Arielly Photography for supporting our event experience.
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At a special medal ceremony, we awarded gold to four of our incredible volunteers:

Melissa Teng: Community-led Design Award for a community partner of the Hideo Sasaki Foundation focused on equity in the design process, engaging young people in design, and amplifying community voices.
Jared Barnett: Excellence in Design Education Award for a design education volunteer with the Hideo Sasaki Foundation who demonstrates a passion for building a more equitable industry and a desire to work with youth.
Hyeji Sheen: Leadership in Design Equity Award for a volunteer with the Hideo Sasaki Foundation who works across all pillars of programming, truly championing our work in the community, with young people, and within the design industry.
James Miner: Hideo Sasaki Leadership Award for a supporter of the Hideo Sasaki Foundation who gives selflessly, truly believes in the power of collaborative design, and has proven to be a champion in our mission to build a more equitable design industry.

Thank you to the Sasaki Fabrication Studio for 3D printing our Hideo 2024 gold medals!
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2024 Celebration of Design award winners Jared Barnett, Hyeji Sheen, and James Miner (not pictured: Melissa Teng)
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A special thanks to the Hideo Sasaki Foundation Board of Trustees, DESI teaching assistants, and design education student alums who volunteered at the Celebration of Design. And thank you to all who made this event a success! We look forward to your continued support throughout the year, and hope you’ll join us again for next year’s third annual Celebration of Design on November 13, 2025. And if you were unable to attend this year, it is not too late to contribute! Donate now through November 30.
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the power of design

belongs to all of us

2019 SEED high school internship

Incubator at Sasaki | Watertown, Massachusetts

the power of design

belongs to all of us

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Watertown, Massachusetts

the power of design

belongs to all of us

Team at the Incubator at Sasaki

Watertown, Massachusetts

the power of design

belongs to all of us

Patron touching art in the Please Touch the Art exhibit

Mosesian Center for the Arts | Watertown, Massachusetts | photo courtesy Matt Jatkola

The Hideo Sasaki Foundation works to advance equity in the design of the environment. We sponsor research and programs that empower communities and strengthen education in design.

Events

Emerging Professionals Craft Night

December 5, 2024

Craft the night away with other emerging design professionals! Join the Sasaki Foundation for our Emerging Professionals Craft Night, planned by our 2025 DESI teaching assistants. You’ll enjoy a night of crafting, networking, and exciting discussion around interesting topics in the design industry.​

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What we do

Our values build on more than six decades of work by Hideo Sasaki, focusing on the following priority areas.

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Research & Grants

Large-scale, complex challenges require cross-disciplinary thinking. That’s why we convene experts and innovators from all backgrounds. Our research and grants bring issues of inequity in design to the forefront.

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2

Community Learning

Informed and engaged residents are central ingredients of a successful community. That’s why we host public programs that amplify a diversity of voices and address socially relevant topics as we work toward systemic change.

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3

Design Education

A thriving design industry relies on a pipeline of diverse, talented, and passionate practitioners who infuse new ideas and disrupt established patterns. That’s why we provide youth with opportunities to discover and explore careers in design.

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History

The Hideo Sasaki Foundation is named after Hideo Sasaki, a Japanese American landscape architect who came of age in WWII. Hideo was a pioneer of modern design, a leader, and an educator. He articulated—and proved—the value of interdisciplinary design while breaking down the traditional barriers between practice and teaching.

The Hideo Sasaki Foundation was established by Sasaki, a multidisciplinary design firm founded by Hideo, with support from Hideo’s family and friends. Continuing Hideo’s legacy, we sit at the intersection of research, practice, education, and community-driven processes. We advance equity in design, inviting diverse partners to co-create change.

 

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Hideo Sasaki

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